Welcome to Dagon Design. In addition to free scripts, WordPress plugins, and articles, we offer a variety of services including custom theme design, plugin creation, and PHP scripting. Contact me for more information.

If you use the 64 bit version of Windows, and have a Palm handheld, you probably already know that Palm does not support this setup. Palm has no immediate plans to support the 64 bit version of Windows, and there are no drivers that will work for the devices. The good news is that you can still use your device by hotsyncing with WiFi or Bluetooth. The bad news is that you cannot install the Palm Desktop software. At least not without a simple work-around.

There is another method for this floating around the internet, but I (and several others) have had very limited success.

After trying quite a few different things, I came up with the method below. It works perfect for me every time, unlike the other method out there.

UPDATE #1:

The newer versions of the Palm Desktop software seem to install properly on XP 64 with no issues, so try that first before you follow the steps below.

UPDATE #2:

I no longer use the Palm Desktop software, and while I will keep this article up for reference, I will no longer be updating it.

Instructions

1) Start > Run > msiexec /unregister

2) In regedit, find the following key:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer

Before you comment: If you are having an issue with a script, please make sure you have read the entire article. Also, please read through the comments because most common issues have already been discussed many times. Thanks.